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Ch. 1336 MBh 1336.21
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 8: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 8

MBh 12.8.21

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.8.21
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अधनेनार्थकामेन नार्थः शक्यो विवित्सता । अर्थैरर्था निबध्यन्ते गजैरिव महागजाः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
If a person who has no wealth desires to accomplish a particular object, he meets with failure. Wealth Wealth accumulates wealth, like elephants capturing (wild) elephants.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
अधनेनार्थकामेन
Lemma: अधन
POS: adj
अधनेनार्थकामेन
Lemma: अर्थ
POS: mn
अधनेनार्थकामेन
Lemma: काम
POS: m
नार्थः
Lemma: न
POS: ind
नार्थः
Lemma: अर्थ
POS: mn
शक्यो
Lemma: शक्य
POS: adj
विवित्सता
Lemma: विवित्स्
POS: Desid. P.
अर्थैर्
Lemma: अर्थ
POS: mn
अर्था
Lemma: अर्थ
POS: mn
निबध्यन्ते
Lemma: निबन्ध्
POS: 9. Ā. • Verb: निबध्यन्ते
गजैर्
Lemma: गज
POS: m
इव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
महागजाः
Lemma: महत्
POS: adj
महागजाः
Lemma: गज
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.8.21. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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